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Military vs Tripolar - What's the difference?

military | tripolar |

As adjectives the difference between military and tripolar

is that military is characteristic of members of the armed forces while tripolar is (physics) having three poles.

As a noun military

is armed forces.

military

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
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  • Relating to war.
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  • Relating to armies or ground forces.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Armed forces.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.

    • Related terms

    * militia * military intelligence * military insignia * military officer * military rank * military tribunal * military uniform * nonmilitary

    See also

    * martial * abbreviation: * army/Army * navy/Navy * air force/Air Force * marines/Marines * Merchant Marine * US National Guard * Coast Guard

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    tripolar

    English

    Adjective

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  • (physics) Having three poles.
  • Having three electrical connections.
  • Having or involving three centers of military, economic or political power.
  • * 2011 , , The Bear of Bretton Woods :
    • Instead, what will ultimately replace today’s dollar-centric international monetary and financial system is a tripolar system organized around the dollar, the euro, and the Chinese renminbi.

    Derived terms

    * tripolarity